Ingredients listed on the label of a red bean paste filled donut from New York Cake Bakery in Murray Hill...
All trumps
Almonds Flour
Full strength flour
Soft-Silk Flour
S-500
Cake Mix
Corn Flour
Honey
Brown Sugar
Sugar
Corn Syrup
Strawberry Jam
Raspberry Jam
Margarine
Butter
Egg
Cheese
Milk
Dry Milk
Cream Butter
Mayonnaise
Oil
Whip Cream
Baking Soda
Baking Powder
Yeast
Chocolate
Fudge
Chocolate Chip
Cocoa Powder
Cinnamon Powder
Apricot Filling
Almond Paste
Red Bean Paste
White Bean Paste
Coffee
Vanilla Flavor
Orange Flavor
Almond
Pecan
Raisin
Walnut
Chestnut
Sesame Seed
Peanut Butter
Ketchup
Tuna
Sausage
Corn
Salt
Ham
Seriously? WTF is S-500? Pretty sure there was no ham, tuna, ketchup or sausage in the pastry.
29 comments:
Red bean paste filled donut?
Sounds sort of Chinese-ey to me.
I wouldn't trust them with anything I'd eat.
Where's the Melamine laced milk?
The label says Gateaux. Not Chinese.
http://www.perishablenews.com/index.php?article=0013713
S500 apparently is a dough conditioner. I dont know if it is approved for human consumption in the US however.
http://www.professionalbakingsolutions.com/flour/brand/general-mills-all-trumps
All Trumps Flour -- from General Mills
S500
http://www.puratos.us/en/binaries/PUR%2011112%20Brochure%20S500%20FNL%20V2_tcm309-79858.pdf
It might be legal, but I'm not sure if my stomach could ahndle it.
The Chinese relish French culture and frequently use French sounding names. They are also big Cognac drinkers as opposed to the Japanese who prefer Scotch.
These baked goods could, however, be of Korean manufacture.
i.e.
There is a Korean chain of cafes called "Paris Baguette"...very French sounding dontcha think?
The French word for cakes (in general ) is gateaux.
S500 is marketed as a "bread improver", whatever that means. I had to look it up; I had never heard of it before.
The Gateaux Bakery in NJ where this was made is not owned by Asians.
Don't see how it is legal to list things like peanut butter and jam when these ingredients are themselves made up of multiple ingredients.
It is rich in "culture". That is all that matters in Bloomie's VIBRANT! DIVERSE! gorgeous mosaic.
are you kidding? unless you shop at whole foods and other snobby stores most of the food you eat is filled with crap like s500
you really think dunkin donuts cream fillings are natural?
S-500 makes the dough easier to handle.
I don't expect it to be all natural. However, I don't expect to see ketchup, tuna, sausage and ham listed on a donut, when the donut clearly does not contain these ingredients.
what are you cranky commies complaining about now? just shut up and give your dollars to the nice Korean man. or Chinese child laborer or Yemani & Bengala Al Queda Supporter.
Maybe someone should call the number on the label and inquire. It looks to me like the manufacturer took a shortcut and listed all the ingredients from multiple products and put them on one label that they can use on multiple items. Not exactly the smartest thing to do, but it could be worse. If it bothers you that much, take your business elsewhere.
French style bakeries are popular in some Asian countries, so they are becoming popular here. I had the red bean doughnuts at the bakery that recently went out of business near IHOP on Northern Blvd, in the old Knapp shoes location. It was really a fantastic doughnut, way better than anything at DD. Incidentally, the service at this bakery was fantastic, consistently super fast and friendly, even to this non-Asian customer.
I also tried Paris Baguette on Northern Blvd in Bayside, and although they were out of baguettes wtf?!, they had some excellent fresh pastries.
"Maybe someone should call the number on the label and inquire." No, maybe the FDA should be notified. You are supposed to clearly label foods with the ingredients they contain. To say ham, sausage and ketchup is on the label because they make other products containing it is unacceptable.
"I don't expect it to be all natural. However, I don't expect to see ketchup, tuna, sausage and ham listed on a donut, when the donut clearly does not contain these ingredients."
Maybe it's not a donut? Maybe that's the mistake? It's probbaly a "bao" or bun, that can contain hot dogs, roast pork, etc.
It was labeled "red bean paste filled donut." What about that says pork?
Ever had a Hostess Twinkie? here is a list of the 39 ingredients:
(source: Wikipedia)
Enriched wheat flour, sugar, corn syrup, niacin, water, high fructose corn syrup, vegetable shortening – containing one or more of partially hydrogenated soybean, cottonseed and canola oil, and beef fat, dextrose, whole eggs, modified corn starch, cellulose gum, whey, leavenings (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), salt, cornstarch, corn flour, corn syrup, solids, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, polysorbate 60, dextrin, calcium caseinate, sodium stearoyl lactylate, wheat gluten, calcium sulphate, natural and artificial flavors, caramel color, yellow No. 5, red #40.
Your point being what? A previous commenter was correct in that you can't list things like "strawberry jam, peanut butter, ketchup" on a label, because those things themselves are made up of multiple ingredients. You are supposed to list the ingredients in their most basic form. At least Twinkies specify the type of oil used instead of just listing "oil."
What, no sausage or ketchup in a Twinkie? I feel deprived.
The ingredient list sounds like the stomach contents of a college student attending a fraternity initiation. Just sayin'...
No bacon? I think this is one of the only food products I've seen in the past year that doesn't have bacon in it. Such restraint!
Did you do a doing business as search(in state records) to determine whether that "Gateaux' bakery in New Jersey is definitely not owned by Chinese or Koreans?
You could be wrong. Offer us the link or your proof.
But it doesn't really matter who baked them, because the ingredients are disgusting anyway.
It was labeled "red bean paste filled donut." What about that says pork?
I think they are (mis)using the word "donut" when they mean "bun", and the list of "ingredients" is a list of the types of buns you can purchase there, such as red bean filled, or pork filled, or even ones with hot dogs or an egg. It's more of a menu, than an ingeredient list. Obviously, the person who wrote has little command of the English language. have you ever read the instructions on the chop stick wrapper? Hilarious!
WHY is this person defending a practice which is clearly illegal? Who cares what else they sell? They sold a donut labeled with a list of fake ingredients. Case closed, end of story. They're also required to list the ingredients in the order that they appear from highest concentration to lowest. Therefore, the fillings should be listed first instead of last and in their most basic form. Listing "Cake Mix" is not acceptable.
It's probably just a generic label used on multiple products by the manufacturer. Definitely illegal.
See weirdfoodclub.blogspot.com. Also Asian Imitation Crab is Blue Fish, not Blow Fish.
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